Baby Crystal Shrimp!

[Tracyp]

Just had to share, I found two baby red crystal shrimp!! First time breeding shrimp now hopefully they'll survive lol.

Anyone have any suggestions to keep them happy?

They're currently in a Fluval ebi tank filled with live plants and driftwood and one lonely panda loach; using a sponge filter, heat at about 23, levels all seem normal. Recently added a number of red rillis and cherry shrimp (before I knew there were babies)and feeding fluval shrimp pellets.

Any tips much appreciated!!

[jumpsmasher]

Congratulations! Just make sure there is plenty of biofilm in the tank for them to feed on the for first while. There is also powdered baby shrimp food out there but you should really need it if there is lot of biofilm and not too many baby shrimps. As long as you keep your parameters in check they should be doubling in size each week for the first four weeks or so

[bubble]

Talking about crystal shrimps, does anyone know if shrimps are usually more expensive as its grades is higher? Does anyone care or?

[jumpsmasher]

short answer - yes. Generally the higher the grade / pattern is the more they are... BUT it is important to remember normal crystral red shrimps (CRS) and Pure Red line ( line bred / pure breed) are graded differently. For normal CRS the grade (A, S, SS, SSS etc;) denote the various patterns but it doesn't account for the quality. For Pure Red Line each breeder have their own standards but generally the grade refer to quality of the shrimp (thickness of shell / intensity of color) while the pattern is denoted separately. Furthermore, the value of Pure Red Line shrimps also vary greatly depending on who the breeder it. For example, Japanese Pure Red Line aka Japanese Red Bee Shrimps as they are refer in Japan are considered a level above normal PRLs.